Fotini Diamantidaki is an Associate Professor of Languages and Intercultural Communication at the UCL Institute of Education, University of London UK. She is a core member of the International Centre of Intercultural Studies and an Associate Member of the Applied Linguistics Centre at UCL IOE. She is also a member of the  Literature in Language Learning and Teaching group (LiLLT), part of the AILA Research Network and a collaborator for the UCL BiLingo project. She has extensive experience in language teacher education as a Languages PGCE tutor (2009-2021),  teacher of languages in London schools (2002-2008) and as an ongoing MA and doctoral supervisor. She has led various successful bids over the years with teaching languages in secondary schools. She also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) from UCL IOE. 

She is the deputy programme leader for the MA in Intercultural Communication and Module leader for Language and Interculturality and for Intercultural Communication and the Foreign Language Classroom. She is the co-founder and joint chief editor of the International Journal of Education Innovation and Communication (JEICOM), Vice-president of research and academic affairs of Communication Institute of Greece and editorial board member of the Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching (JALT). Her two most recent books have initiated the debate on the teaching of Literature in the Modern Foreign Languages classroom and on issues in Mandarin teacher education.

Languages spoken/written: Greek, English, French, Spanish